March 8, 2026 “The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function.” — …
Governance and Transparency
The Architecture of Exclusion: Patronage, Oil, and the Unfinished Work of Building One People, One Nation, One Destiny
This Sunday Essay is sponsored by Metallica Commodities Corporation. For over two decades, MCC has operated at the intersection of natural resource extraction and global logistics, trading all non-ferrous metals, including copper, …
Rubio in Basseterre: What the Secretary Said, What He Didn’t, and What the Caribbean Must Hear
ExxonMobil’s US$100 Million STEM Initiative: A Landmark Investment That Guyana Must Now Match with Institutional Seriousness
ExxonMobil’s decade-long, US$100 million commitment to STEM education in Guyana is one of the most significant private-sector investments in Caribbean human capital. It deserves unreserved welcome — and rigorous, constructive scrutiny in …
The Rainbow and the Ledger: Jesse Jackson, Economic Justice, and the Unfinished Architecture of Inclusion
“There is no talent deficit. There is an opportunity deficit.” — Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. The Rev. Jesse Louis Jackson, Sr., who died this morning at the age of eighty-four, was …
Beyond the Spectacle: What Guyana’s Energy Conference Reveals About Oil Governance
On the eve of Guyana’s fifth annual Energy Conference, the Guyana Business Journal convened a conversation that cut through the promotional veneer to examine what this marquee event—and the governance structure it …
The Asphalt Fallacy: Why Road-Building Is Not Development
This Sunday Essay is sponsored by Metallica Commodities Corporation. For over two decades, MCC has operated at the intersection of natural resource extraction and global logistics, trading all non-ferrous metals, including copper, …
A Valentine’s Day meditation
This Valentine’s Day Sunday Essay is presented by Caribbean International Shipping Services. For over 30 years, Caribbean International Shipping Services has connected the diaspora to home—not just through packages and barrels, but …
The Language Beneath the Land
This Sunday Essay is sponsored by Metallica Commodities Corporation. For over two decades, MCC has operated at the intersection of natural resource extraction and global logistics, trading all non-ferrous metals, including copper, …
ExxonMobil, Venezuela’s Optionality, and Guyana’s Oil Moment: Asset Quality, Power, and Policy at a Regional Crossroads
SPONSORED BY METALLICA COMMODITIES CORPORATION This analysis is sponsored by Metallica Commodities Corporation. For over two decades, MCC’s global logistics network has connected resource operations to destination markets across continents. As traders …
